Many of the edible wild plants that are included in local food baskets have both therapeutic and dietary functions. Such medicinal foods have been part of Eastern medicinal theories since ancient times and have recently received attention in the USA and Europe within the fields of functional foods, neutraceuticals and phyto-nutrients.
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1 January 2003
Food, Feed or Medicine: The Multiple Functions of Edible Wild Plants in Vietnam
Britta M. Ogle,
Ho Thi Tuyet,
Hoang Nghia Duyet,
Nguyen Nhut Xuan Dung
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Economic Botany
Vol. 57 • No. 1
January 2003
Vol. 57 • No. 1
January 2003
Edible wild plants
folk medicine
gathered livestock feeds
medicinal foods
multifunctionality
phyto-nutrients
traditional functional foods